Fonds BC792 - South African Jewish Board of Deputies Archive

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ZA UCT BC792

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South African Jewish Board of Deputies Archive

Date(s)

  • 1914-1983 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

ca.11500 items

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Scope and content

The collection is divided into a number of broad areas. Correspondence is divided into general, as well as Special topics; Minutes include the Cape, the National Executive of the Board of Deputies in Johannesburg, as well as other Councils (Transvaal, Pretoria, Natal, Eastern Province and the Orange Free State); Congresses are both local and interprovincial. Three sections of the collection are restricted: Public relations, Bursaries in the section on Welfare, and Reparation claims from Germany, in the section on Antisemitism.

Dates covered: 1914-1983, largely 1960s and 1970s

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No restrictions apply

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  • English

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2013

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  • English

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